Every year, innocent children are victims of home injuries. Thus, every babysitter must be aware of home safety procedures, fire escape plans, and how to call the fire department, police, ambulance, and poison control. A babysitter must be prepared to assume the responsibility for the care and safety of another […]
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Elsie Joan Latimer, 60, of 149 Fourth St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Oct. 13, 1940 in Redditt, Ont. to the late William and Isabelle Latimer. Elsie had worked as a nanny for the […]
John Rose, 87, of R.R. 1, Devlin, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000. John as born Dec. 22, 1913 in LeSeine (Flanders), Ont. to the late Christopher and Emily Rose. During the early 1930s, he moved to Burriss, Ont. […]
One of the things which we associate with the Christmas season is holly. The brilliant red berries, and the firm leaves with their prickles, are common in our homes, stores, and advertisements. Holly is almost as much a symbol of Christmas as Santa Claus himself. The holly which most people […]
Please don’t tell me there isn’t a Santa Claus. I know better. It’s not that I’ve actually met him but I’ve seen his tracks. Sixty years ago, before the Depression had subsided and after the winter’s snow had blanketed the countryside, he brought joy to a little girl in upstate […]
Dear sir: The spirit of giving thrives on Third Street West. On Dec. 21, I was preparing to leave for the Falls airport when the snowplow passed by and blocked my driveway. I was shovelling it out when a car stopped and a young man ran over to me, took […]
For the second year in a row, the Muskie senior boy’s basketball team struck gold at the La Place Rendez-Vous Invitational tournament here last weekend.
Resident and non-residents alike will have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for the first recreation fee increase here in a couple of years. The increase, which was across the board, is part of a new structure council approved at its meeting Dec. 11. They will take effect […]
They needed four games but the Muskie senior girls got the job done here last Thursday, beating the Kenora Broncos 3-1 to remain undefeated in the early going of the NorWOSSA volleyball season. “We started flat but halfway through the first game, we were back to ourselves,” head coach Adrian […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team dominated the court here last Thursday en route to a 44-28 victory over the Kenora Broncos to improve their NorWOSSA record to 2-0. “I was surprised when I looked up and saw that we were up by a decent margin,” head coach Dave Ashworth […]
The black-and-gold travelled to Kenora with a depleted lineup Saturday and came home on the short end of a 5-1 decision. Tara Lloyd (unassisted) tallied the Muskies’ lone goal. “We went down there short-benched,” noted co-coach Jim McMahon, adding a team from Winnipeg was supposed to play the Broncos but […]
Steve Arpin travelled to Minnesota on Dec. 8-9 for his first snocross race of the year and the 16-year-old Fort Frances native picked up right where he had left off last winter. Arpin placed first in all four of his events, including the Stock 440 L–Pro X 440, Stock 500 […]
